This is an awesome panel from Virginia's recent conference on the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War. It's really a must listen for those of us walking the path. I stress listen, because I think the proper way to consume it is not by sitting down and watching, but by doing something else like cleaning. Or something more productive--like playing Warcraft.
At any rate, I just wanted to say Ira Berlin was incredible. The whole panel was great--especially my old history professor Edna Medford---but listening to Berlin made me really sorry I hadn't read any of his books. There's too much out there to read. And it never ends.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and We Were Eight Years in Power.